Canada Eliminates the Penny
Canada Eliminates the Penny
- exert from the press release. United States Penny Eliminated Next
The really intriguing fact about this is the part that we have placed in bold above. A steel penny? Sound familiar in the U.S.? The United States is currently entertaining the idea of changing the metal composition of the penny (and the nickel) to steel. However, Canada has already done this and still takes a loss on the penny. This doesn’t just suggest the end of the U.S. penny must be coming closer, it proves it. After all, That quote could easily be replaced with the economic conditions in the United States. Canada’s Mint, called the Royal Canadian Mint, has an “Alloy Recover Program” that is designed to sort out high value coins in the same denomination and recover them for commodities use. For example, sorting Canadian copper pennies out of zinc and steel pennies. Keep your copper pennies! After all, they’re already proven to be worth more than face value. These acts are largely shown in the cost to make a penny. Cost to Make the Penny
Notice it states the penny costs 1.6 cents in Canada. In the United States it costs 2.41 cents. That’s a huge difference in relation to the fact that 1.6 cents was enough of a loss for Canada to eliminate the penny. Here’s a chart showing the cost to make the penny followed by a second chart showing the production capital loss extrapolating the past ten years of minting the U.S. penny:   Is the U.S. penny on the chopping block to be eliminated next? Only time will tell when. But that’s the real factor here. No longer is the question if, but when. History repeats. Time and time again countries have and are eliminating the denomination equivalent of the penny. Canadian Penny Melt Laws
Note that it is illegal to melt the Canadian penny:
- exert from the Source Copper Pennies
This is big news for copper penny investors. The penny being eliminated from Canada is very close to home in the United States. So close that it will have to raise enough attention from the general public that politicians may look even closer at eliminating the penny. Do you invest in copper pennies? If so, great! Keep it up because your big pay day may be coming soon. If not, why? Did you know every U.S. copper penny is worth over 2.5x its face value because of its copper metal value? This is how much inflation and metal appreciation has effected our economy. Research the great benefits of copper pennies before it is too late. Learn about How to Make Money off of Copper Pennies or start by reading our Copper Penny FAQ. Spread the news by sharing with the social media buttons below! |
[...] Canadian penny stockpilers have huge advantages over others for their stockpiling of Canadian copper pennies. Why? Because Canadian copper pennies yield a higher copper value than their face value - over 2x as much! - and Canada has officially announced they are eliminating the penny as an ongoing form of currency in Canada (Read more: Canada Eliminates Penny). [...]
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